Bench leg



E. C. BOTT June 20, 1933.

BENCH LEG Filed July 17, 1930 wi lllllllllllllllllll ll INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 20, 1933 FATENT OFFICE EDWARD G. BOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIOBENCH LEG Application filed July 17,

The principal object of my invention is to provide a bench in which thelegs are so con structed as to wedge the plank or top member into placepositively preventing wabbling 5 or loosening of the member. s Thisconstruction obviates the necessity of braces or extra members to makethe bench stable and yet provides a bench which has additional strengthand stiffness more easily and cheaply constructed.

In the particular object of my invention selected for illustration:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of bench legs with the top railand top planks secured in place.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a top end View of one of the legs.

Figure 4 is an end view of one of the rails.

Referring now to the drawing, the device comprises the upright membersor legs 5 havingfeet 6 which may be bolted or otherwise secured to thefloor. A cross member 7 may be secured between these legs to addadditional strength and stiffness. The legs are formed in the shape ofchannel members as shown in Figure 3 and have a turned in portion 8which adds additional strength and stiffness to the legs. The top rail 9secured to the legs 5 in any suitable manner has the flanged outsideportions 10 and a depressed central portion or valley 11, the purpose ofwhich is hereinafter explained.

The plank or top 12 which may be either of metal or wood is secured tothe top rail 9 by bolts 13 or in any other suitable manner so that whenthe plank is drawn down to the top rail 10, portions of the plank 12have concentrated bearings 011 the edges 14 with the intermediate partof the plank being drawn down toward the valley 13 of the top rail. Thiscauses the top plank to become locked or wedged so that it cannot becomedisplaced readily and will present a structure of greater stiffness andstrength.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A bench construction comprising a top member, a channel rail with itsside flanges 1930. Serial No. 468,569.

depending and its web bent down on a longitudinal median line, leavingnarrow inwardly sloping areas along the junctions of the web with theflanges, a channel leg fitting up between the rail flanges and rigidlysecured thereto, having the upper end of its web formed to fit closelyto the under side of the bent down web of the rail and in rein forcingrelation thereto, and fastening means connecting said top member to saidchannel rail on its median line of bending, cl'amping said top member tosaid narrow areas and drawing it down between said areas whereby awedging relation is maintained between the top member and the channelrail to resist de- 63 fiection and displacement of said leg on said topmember. 7

EDWVARD C. BOTT.

